Week of: February 3, 2014

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ahiller@houstonisd.org

Conferences are held Monday, Wednesday, or Friday 9:00-9:30. Please contact me in advance to schedule a conference.

*Sign your child's agenda nightly.

* If your child is absent from school a note should be sent the following day.

* School begins PROMPTLY at 7:45

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Istation at home for indivualized reading practice. Your child has the password and ID taped in the agenda. IstationMake sure you use the domain - kolter.houston.tx

Parents, this program is a must for HISD. Please make every effort to have your child log on at least once a week.


Mark your calendar....

Early dismissal Wednesday, February 19

Presidental notefacts due tomorrow

Suggested Websites for Ms. Hiller's Class - See the new Social Studies links!




BrainPop logon information: www.Brainpop.com
(username) houstonisd (password) rockets

external image images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR0qgBDgR2pqqcKx7XV9EGG97fPR7QCpBuQhUxtpvGFrvDqXFa7Wordly Wise: No Quiz this week (Visit wordlywise.com for free games and flashcard practice. There is also a free app to download for practice on the go)

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If you want to research and type any portion of the retelling board, the template is formatted to the size of the rectangle that will be used

Spelling:external image la_spelling.gif
Cups 19 Quiz on Thursday
New Words will come home on Friday; Cups test on the following Thursday.
Some words are given in list form, others are incorporated into sentences. Capitaliztion, Usage (leaving words out of the sentence) and Punctuation are graded along with Spelling.

You can visit www.spellingcity.com. to practice each week.


Reading:

Focus for February

Cause and Effect, Determining Importance, Context Clues, Biographies

Writing focus: IIM File folder President Project
Information went home January 31. Please sign and return. Children will have limited amount time to gather notefacts in school. Please assist them with time management at home. Dates for speech will be assgned later. If you have any questions, please email me.


If you are interested in how I teach the children to approach their personal narrative writing, you can view this power point presentation: http://www.twa.net/Powerpoint/Magnifying_files/frame.htm


Kid friendly Social Studies websites listed on the left
Economy
Words to kexternal image images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR40jq-TCX_0VkkG1l0pDAt2LwWL_R3Ked6Bo4zRfBON4YTPR9OWgnow:
Goods and Services, Needs vs Wants, Supply and Demand, Currency, Saving and Spending, budget, competition,scarcity, producer, consumer, human resesources, industry,import, export, market, factory,assembly line, capital resources, natural resources, income, interest